Flag Line along Lake Gleneida Will Commemorate Slain NYPD Officers

For three hours today a row of American flags will be displayed along Lake Gleneida to honor the New York City Police Officers who were murdered in Brooklyn last week.

The event is being organized by the New York Chapter of the Connecticut Cruise News Minuteman Riders and will be joined by members of the Patriot Guard Riders of New York. Together they will line up along Route 52 in Carmel and form a flag line from noon to 3 p.m.

Police Officer Wenjian Liu and Police Officer Rafael Ramos were ambushed, shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car at the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and Thompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Officer Ramos is being laid to rest on Saturday. The funeral of Officer Liu is still pending.

Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell will be stopping by the event at 1 p.m.

The flag line participants will be meeting at the corner of Route 52 and Route 301 in Carmel, N.Y.

The New York Chapter of the CCNMMR is a volunteer organization that honors the service of veterans and all first responders.

The Minuteman Riders are the same organization that organized the flag line for the welcome home of United States ARMY Spec 4 Michael Cairney, a Brewster graduate, from Afghanistan in June 2013.